The “West”, as it is called, is only ten percent of the planet. But culturally it dominates the world. Understanding why and how is critical to breaking its grip argues Professor Ian Almond.   When I was five years old, the school teacher in my

The challenge of creating Islamic cities is one that is becoming ever more urgent and which requires the jettisoning of failed western architectural philosophies for ones imbued with the spirit of Islam, says João Silva Jordão Urbanism at its apex explores the interaction between the

The inimitability of the Holy Quran is a canonical belief of Muslims. The Quran represents the peak of linguistic eloquence. So how do translators and linguists tackle the task of getting across the precise import of the Arabic text without compromising its actual meaning? Nazmina